Terms and conditions

Content on this website is the copyright of the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) for Children NHS Foundation Trust and the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (GOS ICH) unless otherwise stated. Where copyright applies, visitors can download material for private research, study, and in-house non-commercial use only. This is subject to the material being reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. Visitors must not download, copy, distribute, or publish any material from this website for any other purpose. Any other use of copyrighted material requires the written permission of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust and the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health.

Information provided specifically for patients and families has been reviewed for accuracy, but we hold no responsibility for alterations made to any copyright material without our consent.

Permission to reproduce Great Ormond Street Hospital and the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health protected material does not extend to any material on this site that is identified as being the copyright of a third party. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the copyright holders.

Please note all photographs of our patients appear with the consent of the child and parent, and must not be reproduced in any form.

Great Ormond Street Hospital and the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health encourages users to establish hypertext links to our website.

We are are unable to offer any medical advice or professional service through this website. As is standard practice, referrals for expert opinion or treatment at the hospital can only be made by medical practitioners and not by patients themselves or family members.

While we have taken every care to compile accurate information and to keep it up-to-date, we cannot guarantee its correctness and completeness at the time it is seen by you. The information provided on this site does not constitute business, medical or other professional advice, and may be subject to change.

We do not accept responsibility for any loss, damage or expense resulting from the use of this information. It is provided for general information only, and should not be treated as a substitute for the medical advice of your own doctor or any other healthcare professional.

GOSH/GOS ICH are not responsible or liable for any diagnosis made by a user based on the content of the GOSH/GOS ICH website.

GOSH/GOS ICH are not liable for the contents of any external internet sites listed, nor do they endorse any commercial product or service mentioned or advised on any of the sites.

Always consult your own doctor if you're in any way concerned about your – or your family's – health.

We take great care over the websites we link to, however we are not responsible for the content of those sites.

The inclusion of a link to an external website from the GOSH website should not, therefore, be interpreted as an endorsement of that site, its content or any product or service it may provide.

Transactions between users and any external site are not the responsibility of the GOSH website.

GOSH/GOS ICH is not responsible for the content or reliability of the linked websites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. Listing shall not be taken as endorsement of any kind. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and we have no control over the availability of linked pages.

If you would like us to remove a link to your website from the GOSH website, please email the GOSH Digital team - website.updates@gosh.nhs.uk

Where possible we have used generic names of drugs and products on this website. Where trademarked names are used this does not constitute an endorsement of the product.

We cannot guarantee uninterrupted access to this website, or the sites to which it links. We accept no responsibility for any damages arising from the loss of use of this information.

GOSH/GOS ICH reserves the right to change the privacy statement without notice. It is the responsibility of users to check this privacy statement regularly.